Description |
This is an incunabula leaf printed in Paris by Pierre le Rouge's, second press, 1488, in French, on fine paper (415 x 290 mm.). The leaf is entitled "Le Mer des Histories" The Right column contains thirty-three lines and a sixteen-line (90 x 75mm) woodblock print (see detail). It is flanked on the right by a floriated panel (290 x 15mm.). The left column caps off forty-nine lines of text and four-line versal initial "I". Both columns contain numerous rubrication. Verso: contains forty-nine lines in the left column with a red versal initial "O" half way down. The right column has forty-seven lines and is highlighted by a blue versal initial "A". |